Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on December 3, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – The following statement is in response to officials in Newark filing a lawsuit against New York City and Mayor Bill de Blasio in an attempt to shut down a program that helps homeless families move out of shelters and into apartments. “ ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement In Response t Posted on November 27, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – The following statement is in response to a Newark City Ordinance restricting the use of the Special One-Time Assistance Program: “People have the right to choose the community in which they wish to live, regardless of their economic status, ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement In Response t Posted on November 22, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – The following statement is in response to a video released of NYPD forcibly restraining a homeless woman at the Jamaica Center Subway Station. “Today’s disturbing video of NYPD officers forcibly restraining and handcuffing a woman at the J ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on November 14, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – The following statement is in response to Mayor de Blasio’s announcement today of Outreach NYC, a new, city-wide, multi-agency effort to train City Agency staff to request outreach assistance via 311 when they observe individuals experiencin ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement In Response t Posted on October 28, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – The following statement is in response to data released today on homeless public school students. “Today’s homeless student statistics are another stark reminder that homelessness remains at all-time record levels and that Mayor de ..Read More
To End the Homelessness Crisis It’s Time to Posted on October 18, 2019 by Nicole Edine More than 61,000 men, women, and children will sleep in New York City shelters tonight, and this historic homelessness crisis will continue to devastate the lives of even more people unless Mayor de Blasio embraces the common sense plans that we have put forwa ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on October 5, 2019 by Nicole Edine Giselle Routhier, Policy Director, said: “The callous attack against five homeless men last night is unfathomable in its brutality. Four men lost their lives and one is fighting to survive. It should serve as a reminder to all of us that our homeless nei ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on October 4, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – In response to the recently released recommendations of the MTA’s Task Force on Homelessness in the NYC Subway System, the Coalition for the Homeless issued the following statement.Giselle Routhier, Policy Director, said: “The MTA ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Responds to Report of P Posted on October 3, 2019 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – In response to reports of NYPD using the subway surveillance cameras to monitor homeless New Yorkers to make arrests, the Coalition for the Homeless issued the following statement. Giselle Routhier, Policy Director, said: “The NYPD’s chill ..Read More
